Arm liable for $8.5B SoftBank loan if IPO is a no-show Chip designer has until September to float or it's on the hook for parent company's borrowing Systems18 Apr 2023 | 15
Arm, Intel make it easier to churn out Arm SoCs from Intel fabs Energy sipping designs for mobile, ultimately coming to DC, too Energy Efficient Datacenters12 Apr 2023 | 9
Intel successfully ships an updated datacenter roadmap What we may well see in 2023 and beyond Systems30 Mar 2023 | 6
How Arm aims to squeeze device makers for cash rather than pocket pennies for cores Analysis I am altering the deal, pray I don’t alter it any further On-Prem25 Mar 2023 | 90
Rambus takes charge of Arm’s CryptoCell, CryptoIsland IP Updated Building a watertight SoC? You'll have to go through IP-slinger now Systems10 Mar 2023 | 2
UK Prime Minister wants £800M to spend on big British iron Analysis The people can eat turnips, Sunak wants a super... computer. On-Prem09 Mar 2023 | 98
Financial red tape blamed for London losing Arm IPO Chip outfit reportedly afraid it would have to report any transaction with a SoftBank company to UK regulator Personal Tech06 Mar 2023 | 35
Arm swans off to Nasdaq despite UK gov pleas to IPO in London Foreign-owned chip business gets even less British, no dual listing for now Systems03 Mar 2023 | 69
Arm co-founder: Britain's chip strat 'couldn’t be any worse' Lack of route to domestic semiconductor supply best of British stuffup, says Urquhart Systems02 Mar 2023 | 83
Arm has legs: VMware's Bitnami starts packaging apps for Graviton and Ampere Customers are keen on the lower cloudy database prices available after dropping x86 PaaS + IaaS27 Feb 2023 | 3
Taking notes from AWS, Google prepares custom Arm server chips of its own Aim of the game is to match Intel and AMD on performance Systems14 Feb 2023 | 11
Microsoft promises smaller Windows 11 updates with UUP – but there's a catch A beefy 10GB one-time download that arrives in March Software13 Feb 2023 | 34
Arm China lays off staff amid chip war and licensing concerns R&D engineers given marching orders in 14% headcount reduction Systems13 Feb 2023 | 4
5% of the cloud now runs on Arm as chip designer plans 2023 IPO Growing indication power-sipping CPUs are catching on in crowded datacenters Systems08 Feb 2023 | 9
Arm still strong despite SoftBank loss as shipments pass a quarter of a trillion Meanwhile, parent company continues to bleed billions Systems07 Feb 2023 | 8
Bringing the first native OS for Arm back from the brink Retro Tech Week Steve Revill of RISC OS Open chats to us about taking the project into the future OSes17 Jan 2023 | 40
UK gov makes fresh grab at Arm to list IPO in London PM reportedly trying to twist CEO's er, arm Systems09 Jan 2023 | 25
Qualcomm develops one automotive chip to rule them all CES And one Snapdragon Ride Flex SoC to bind them Systems05 Jan 2023 | 3
As Arm plays chicken with Qualcomm, both have a lot to lose Analysis High risk means high reward ... well, usually Systems04 Jan 2023 | 22
Qualcomm talks up RISC-V, roasts 'legacy architecture' amid war with Arm Comment Sees opportunity on one side, dictatorial control on the other Systems15 Dec 2022 | 31
Not all vendors' Arm-powered kit is created equally, benchmark fan finds Shiny silicon plus Rusty drivers will eventually equal openly saucy happiness Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 15
Arm hands board seats to Intel and Qualcomm alumni ahead of IPO Flotation delayed but chip designer's board just keeps on growing Systems01 Dec 2022 | 3
Alibaba, Tencent enlisted to help sanction-weary China build RISC-V chips PRC and chums see open-source chip architecture as safer alternative to Arm Systems01 Dec 2022 | 11
Arm confirms IPO delay till later in 2023, blames global markets Just look at the 'state' of them, says UK semiconductor designer, but says float will still happen Systems21 Nov 2022 | 2
Qualcomm teases custom Arm-compatible Oryon CPU cores designed by Nuvia Snapdragon giant flips off Softbank, promises processors within next two years Systems17 Nov 2022 | 12
Arm shells Qualcomm's Snapdragon launch party with latest salvo in license war Softbank's chip designer warns US giant may lose all of its CPU licenses at this rate Personal Tech16 Nov 2022 | 9
Qualcomm faces fresh competition in world of Arm-based Windows PCs Comment Let the games begin... Systems16 Nov 2022 | 10
Qualcomm pushes latest Arm-powered Snapdragon chip amid bitter license fight Wi-Fi 7, TSMC 4nm, faster GPU, INT4 and AI everywhere – and a rocky relationship with its CPU designer Personal Tech15 Nov 2022 | 2
SiPearl works with AMD on GPU support for Arm HPC chip Duo also hope to support development of exascale computing at research institutions Systems15 Nov 2022 |
Softbank boss Masayoshi Son devotes himself to growing Arm for the next few years Speech did not mention IPO, did say CEO's close involvement is good for humanity On-Prem14 Nov 2022 | 4
Arm reports record royalties but total revenues slide Licensing down 53% due to major one-off deals signed a year ago Systems11 Nov 2022 | 3
AMD grows Epyc datacenter share, loses to Intel generally Both firms have been hit with plunges in PC chip sales, and there's no Ryzen shine Systems10 Nov 2022 | 5
Microsoft's grand unified theory of .NET advances a little More support for multiple platforms, Arm architecture, and the cloud in release 7 Software10 Nov 2022 | 11
Ampere says no changes to its Arm licensing as it readies new chips Interview Whatever's happening with Qualcomm, server chip outfit says it knows of no tweaks to model Systems09 Nov 2022 | 8
Think Korean chipmakers will buy Arm? Think again The UK chip designer is suing another firm that has an interest, so IPO it is? Systems07 Nov 2022 | 6
Qualcomm vs Arm: The bizarro quotient just went off the scale Opinion Even 2022 can't muster this much madness – or can it? Systems07 Nov 2022 | 32
Alibaba Cloud plans for a fifth of its servers to use homebrew Arm CPUs by 2025 Sanctions? What sanctions? Just look at the low, low, power consumption figures PaaS + IaaS04 Nov 2022 | 4
Qualcomm predicts 2024 is the year Windows on Arm goes large For now, have a hiring freeze to preserve fat profits Personal Tech03 Nov 2022 | 20
Google, Oracle’s Ampere VMs get Arm’s SystemReady seal of approval So that means everything just works now, right? PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2022 |
Qualcomm: Arm threatens to end CPU licensing, charge device makers instead Analysis Snapdragon giant warns of dramatic shift in business model Systems01 Nov 2022 | 59
AWS users can finally use Nitro Enclaves on Arm Graviton EC2 instances Just don't forget Enclave data is held in memory and costs can ramp when processing digital reams SaaS25 Oct 2022 |
Microsoft ships non-Surface PC: a cheap Arm box for devs Windows Dev Kit 2023 packs Qualcomm's AI toys and an all-Arm environment for Windows coding Personal Tech25 Oct 2022 | 21
Juno offering Linux-powered tablet PC for pre-order The company already sells penguin-infested laptops and desktops, but an x86 Linux fondleslab is new Personal Tech17 Oct 2022 | 19
Qualcomm: Arm lawsuit motivated by greed, 'payback' for opposing Nvidia takeover A contract is a contract, says Brit CPU designer Systems14 Oct 2022 | 28
China may prove Arm wrong about RISC-V's role in the datacenter Analysis Cloud and equipment makers also keen to escape Softbank's licensing boot Systems05 Oct 2022 | 38
Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain? Personal Tech05 Oct 2022 | 10
Arm founder says the UK has no chance of tech sovereignty Government fritters away homegrown technologies and has no strategy to lessen reliance on other countries Systems29 Sep 2022 | 118
Arm hires former Splunk CFO Jason Child ahead of IPO Adds new heads to boardroom too but still not word on destination of flotation On-Prem27 Sep 2022 |
Tongues wag that Softbank's Son may sell Arm to Samsung Japanese super-tycoon to discuss 'stategic alliance' with electronics chaebol Systems21 Sep 2022 | 27
Arm execs: We respect RISC-V but it's not a rival in the datacenter Analysis Competition is good for everyone. Just keep it friendly, folks Systems17 Sep 2022 | 50
UK govt refuses to give up on scoring Arm dual-listing for London Can UK Prime Minister Liz Truss do for tech what she did for cheese and pork markets? Systems16 Sep 2022 | 26
Nvidia buys Arm ... Neoverse V2 CPU cores for Grace chip GPU giant still thinks Softbank-owned designs are worth the RISC Systems14 Sep 2022 | 1
Arm sues Qualcomm over custom Nuvia CPU cores, wants designs destroyed Updated British chip designer unhappy key customer is using lucrative blueprints Systems31 Aug 2022 | 66
VMware CEO bats away Broadcom concerns – it’s just ‘the next transition’ VMware Explore And so is vSphere for Arm: CEO tells Reg he’s ‘beating up’ the exec responsible for the port Virtualization30 Aug 2022 | 5
Official: Arm-based VMs available on Microsoft Azure Going live in 10 regions, running Ampere Altra silicon PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2022 | 4
How Arm popped CHERI architecture into Morello Program hardware Hot Chips Chip giant aims to adapt existing processor architectures to close off vulnerabilities in memory access Systems26 Aug 2022 | 6
Qualcomm readying new Arm server chip based on Nuvia acquisition AWS said to be taking an interest in homegrown silicon, meaning chipmaker must have a functional demo Systems19 Aug 2022 |
Red Hat OpenShift adds heterogenous clusters mixing x86, Arm Tech preview is Azure-only for now, adding to previous AWS Arm adventures Software19 Aug 2022 |
Economic uncertainty can't stop cloud growth You may have had your fill of chips – but AWS, GCP, and Azure are still hungry, analyst tells El Reg Off-Prem11 Aug 2022 | 3
Arm still jewel in crown as parent SoftBank nurses record $23.5b hit Stock market losses lead to write-downs at Vision Fund, but chip designer IPO a ray of light Systems08 Aug 2022 | 11
Hackable hardware PineBook Pro finally starts shipping again Pine64 have other goodies in stock too… just not many right now Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 7
Linus Torvalds releases Linux 5.19 – using Asahi on an Arm-powered Mac Hails the combo as finally making Arm 'usable as a development platform' OSes31 Jul 2022 | 49